Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

वेदार्थवित्प्रवक्ता च ब्रह्मचारी सहस्रदः । संबंधिनं तथा संतं दौहित्रं दुहितुः पतिम्

Transliteration

vedārthavitpravaktā ca brahmacārī sahasradaḥ | saṃbaṃdhinaṃ tathā saṃtaṃ dauhitraṃ duhituḥ patim

Translation

وید کے معانی جاننے والا اور اس کا واعظ؛ برہماچاری؛ ہزار گنا دینے والا سخی؛ اسی طرح نیک سیرت رشتہ دار؛ بیٹی کا بیٹا؛ اور بیٹی کا شوہر (داماد)—یہ سب بھی قابلِ تعظیم ہیں۔

Word by Word

• वेदार्थवित्: knower of the meaning of the Veda
• वेदार्थवित्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + विद् (धातु; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘वित्’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (वेदस्य अर्थं वेत्ति)

• प्रवक्ता: expounder/teacher
• प्रवक्ता: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘प्रवक्तृ’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि तृच्-प्रत्यय (agent noun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• ब्रह्मचारी: celibate student
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सहस्रदः: giver of a thousand (generous donor)
• सहस्रदः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + द (धातु √दा; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘द’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सहस्रं ददाति)

• संबंधिनम्: a kinsman/relative
• संबंधिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संबंधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• सन्तम्: virtuous/good
• सन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सन्त् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √अस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle)

• दौहित्रम्: daughter's son (grandson)
• दौहित्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौहित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दुहितुः: of the daughter
• दुहितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya discourse style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor seeking śrāddha procedure

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Veda-meaning teacher (pravaktā) seated with manuscript, a brahmacārin with staff and mekhalā, a renowned donor presenting gifts, and virtuous relatives assembled for śrāddha; the yajamāna offers respectful arghya and seats them in order.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual merit increases when one honors Vedic learning, self-restraint, generosity, and virtuous family relations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya frames these dharma-rules for rites performed in sacred space.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Selection of worthy persons to honor/invite for śrāddha-associated offerings and hospitality.